I am back, after a short break.
I guess that’s the theme of this ‘newsletter’.
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Paid subscriptions
Substack launched paid subscriptions in India and I decided to offer it.
At this point, I don’t know will go into the content that is meant only for paid subscribers. But let’s see how that pans out.
Just for kicks, I priced the subscriptions at a really steep price - INR 300 per month - more than your monthly newspaper subscription.
The idea
I came across this tweet earlier today.
When you expand this tweet, you will see these two images:
I guess Twitter’s algorithm decides which section of the picture it zooms to. Thus, it decided which is a better language between Python and R.
I wonder if the algorithm takes into account the text of the tweet when deciding which part of the picture to focus on. Only one way to find out.
As a passive content consumer, I found this format pretty cool. I moved on.
Being opportunistic
But as an active content creator, I found this format even cooler to create some viral content.
Maybe it’s too late, maybe it’s not.
But I will share the idea nonetheless since I am not going to use it.
You can use it to go viral. Highly likely that you won’t.
But if you don’t try, you won’t know.
The opportunity
Think of all the topics you can apply this format to. At its core, it is a comparison between two options. And leaving the result at the mercy of Twitter’s algorithm.
The US Presidential Elections are coming up soon and it sounds like such low-hanging fruit for an experiment like this.
Do you remember Paul, the Octopus?
How he ‘predicted’ the outcomes of the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
This format could be your Paul, the Octopus, for IPL 2020.
Just crank up all the combinations of teams (28) and put it up for Twitter to decide the winner.
And let the world take notice.
There are many other examples you could apply this to.
Take and run with it.
Best,
Amit